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A Minimalist Take on the Chandelier: The Cane Cluster, by AlexAllen Studio
This Cane Cluster, by architecture and lighting design firm AlexAllen Studio, is a minimalist take on the chandelier. Three curved aluminum members, suspended from a steel pole, are lined with an LED...
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A Space-Saving Year-Round Farm: Plenty's Vertical Solution
Farms take up a lot of space. What if you could take a field of crops, lift it out of the ground, and turn it on its side?That far-fetched approach is actually being executed, by an innovative food...
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The Palletrone, a Flying Shopping Cart
Robotics researchers at Seoul National University have developed the Palletrone, a sort of flying shopping cart. Drones beneath the loading surface, surrounded by a cage, do the lifting. You do the...
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Better Package Design That Tells You the Price of the Product
With few local options, I buy my groceries at Walmart. One thing I hate about it is that the pricing, at least in my Walmart, is never clearly listed on the shelf. It makes comparison shopping...
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Nestout's Ruggedized Power Banks with a Bottle Form Factor
Aimed at outdoorsfolk, these ruggedized power banks are by Nestout, a subsidiary of Japanese consumer products brand Elecom. Each features USB-A and USB-C ports. They're shock-resistant, dust-proof and...
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A Clever Design Feature for Rolling Carry-Ons
It's a matter of time before China becomes known for innovative industrial design. The country has been saddled with a reputation for design piracy, a reputation earned through legacy systems; but with...
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This Beautiful Espresso Cup, Made by Combining Digital Fabrication with...
This ceramic espresso cup, which I badly want to touch, was designed by Luxembourg-based Metaform Architects. The form was inspired by the firm's design for the Luxembourg pavilion at the World Expo in...
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Industrial Design Case Study: An Electric Wheelchair Controller
Dynamic Controls, a manufacturer of wheelchair control devices, worked with Australian ID firm 4design to bring their LiNX to market."Linx is the very first touchscreen wheelchair controller. A...
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Core77 Weekly Roundup (9-23-24 to 9-27-24)
Here's what we looked at this week:New production method for quickly building walls: Impact printing with clay. The world's underwater fiber optic cables.From MIT, sustainable 3D-printed glass...
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Production Methods: Pultrusion
A French company called Epsilon Composites has developed a production method called pultrusion. As you can guess, it's a form of extrusion where the raw materals are pulled, rather than pushed, through...
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Biomega's New BER E-bike Targets the US Commuter Market
Like many people in Copenhagen, Danish designer Jens Martin Skibsted is a bicycle enthusiast. In fact, "enthusiast" is quite an understatement, as in addition to his day job as VP Foresight &...
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A Stunning Spectacle: The World's Largest Drone Display
The city of Shenzhen recently held the world's largest drone display. Some 7,598 drones took to the night sky to create a stunning display of images including dragons, tigers, Chinese landmarks and...
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Do People Really Want Touch-Capacitive Human-Machine Interface Designs?
I'm trying not to write about negative things on here (you should see the things in my in-box), but I really dislike this new speculative HMI design called Pulsar. It's billed as a "Plastronics"...
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This Object by Unnecessary Design Studio Harvests Burrito Waste for Tacos
Here's an amusing project by Unnecessary Design Studio, a/k/a Matty Benedetto. Who knew, when CAD and 3D printing were invented, that they'd one day allow such creations as the Burrito Bumper:I'm kind...
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Yet Another Record-Breaking Drone Show. Need the Military Fear It?
Hot on the heels of their record-breaking 7,598-drone light show, the city of Shenzhen has broken the record again. In celebration of China's National Day, which is today, the city held a 10,197-drone...
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AquaFence's Clever Design for Anti-Flooding Barriers
As Hurricane Helene ravaged the southeastern United States, Tampa General Hospital managed to ward off flooding using this AquaFence system. Unlike sandbags, these barrier wall systems are reusable,...
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New LOVR Material: Leather Made from Industrial Hemp Waste
"We are here to change the rules of the game," writes German company Revoltech. "Prove that it is possible to reinvent materials. Make them clean. Honest. Uncomplicated.""Our mission is to have maximum...
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Sneakers That Grow With Your Kids
Footwear designer Dr. D'Wayne Edwards has designed ÜNOS by Sz, a line of sneakers designed to grow with your kids. The sole is divided by a Z shape, which allows the shoe to expand, in length and...
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Gerber's EAB Utility Knife is Minimum Viable Product, Well-Executed
Gerber's EAB Lite is an example of well-executed minimum viable product. It is the smallest possible form you could have for a folding utility knife that takes standard blades. There's a liner lock,...
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Yea or Nay? An Update to Belotti's Spaghetti Chair
The Spaghetti Chair, designed by architect Giandomenico Belotti in 1979, became a design classic of the '80s. The parallel lines of the PVC noodles gave it a striking look, and the steel-framed chair...
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